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| 1881 | Birth |  |
| Birth of Wladyslaw Sikorski |
| 1922 | Assassination | |
| 16th Dec Warsaw Forms a cabinet of pacification after the assassination of Narutowicz |
| 1922 | Government | |
| 16th Dec Forms a cabinet of pacification after the assassination of Narutowicz |
| 1922 | Prime Minister | |
| 16th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term |
| 1939 | Capture of Brest Litovsk | |
| 17th Sep Brest Litovsk The Germans capture Brest-Litovsk |
| 1939 | Capture of Silesia | |
| 11th Sep Silesia Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans |
| 1939 | Commander | |
| 24th Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief, Polish Army in exile |
| 1939 | Diplomacy | |
| 18th April The Soviet Union offers a Soviet-British-French alliance which would guarantee the integrity of Poland, the consulations are unproductive |
| Aug Refuses Russian passage to east Germany, precondition of Anglo-Franco-Soviet agreement |
| 1939 | Exile of Sikorski | |
| 30th Sep Paris Heads the Polish government in exile, 1939-1943 |
| 1939 | Government | |
| Heads the Polish government in exile, 1939-1943 |
| 1939 | Independence | |
| 21st Sep Germany & Russia declares that Poland no longer exists |
| 1939 | Invasion of Poland | |
| 4th Aug Danzig German troops concentrate on the Polish border after the Polish ultimatum to Danzig |
| 9th Sep The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw |
| 11th Sep Silesia Upper Silesia is captured by the Germans |
| 12th Sep All French operations against the Germans are halted |
| 15th Sep Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders it's bombardment |
| 17th Sep Facing the second front, the Polish government decides the defense of the Romanian bridgehead is no longer feasible and orders the evacuation of all troops to neutral Romania |
| 17th Sep Russia gives the order to invade eastern Poland which is undefended |
| 17th Sep Brest Litovsk The Germans capture Brest-Litovsk |
| 17th Sep The Polish government flees to Romania |
| 17th Sep The Soviets carry out their part of the secret appendix of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact dividing Eastern Europe into Nazi and Soviet spheres of influence |
| 19th Sep Brest Litovsk The Ref Army & German troops join up at Brest-Litovsk |
| 27th Sep Warsaw Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner |
| 1st Oct Germany and the Soviet Union completely overrun Poland, although the Polish government never surrendered |
| 1st Oct Many of the exiles subsequently join the recreated Polish Army in allied France, French-mandated Syria, and the United Kingdom |
| 6th Oct Warsaw Resistance in Poland comes to an end |
| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| 1939 | Partition | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| 1939 | Prime Minister | |
| Sep Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 2nd term, in exile |
| 24th Sep Appointed Head of the Polish Government in exile |
| 1939 | Rule of | |
| 28th Sep Moscow Ribbentrop & Molotov meet & split Poland in 2 |
| 30th Oct Russia formally annexes it's occupied Polish territories |
| 1939 | Siege of Modlin | |
| 28th Sep Modlin The 10 encircled Divs at Modlin finaly capitulate |
| 1939 | Siege of Warsaw | |
| 9th Sep Warsaw The 4th Panzer Div launches the 1st attack on Warsaw |
| 15th Sep Warsaw Warsaw is surrounded by German troops, Hitler orders it's bombardment |
| 16th Sep Warsaw The Poles refuse to surrender Warsaw |
| 27th Sep Warsaw Warsaw finaly capitulates, 160,000 are taken prisoner |
| 1939 | Ultimatum | |
| 4th Aug Danzig Poland orders Danzig to close its borders to east Prussia, Danzig complies |
| 1941 | Diplomacy | |
| Negotiates with Russia a recognition of Poland's pre-war frontiers with Russia |
| 1943 | Death | |
| Gibraltar Death of Wladyslaw Sikorski, killed in an aircrash |
| 4th July Gibraltar Dies in a plane crash at Gibraltar |
| 1943 | Diplomacy | |
| April Stalin recognizes the "Union of Polish Patriots", the core of a Soviet puppet regime |
| April Stalin uses the Katyn massacre to sever relations with the Polish government |
| 1943 | Massacre Katyn | |
| April Katyn Evidence by the Nazis emerges of a massacre of Polish officers & soldiers by Russia |
| 1944 | Committee Lublin | |
| Moscow The Lublin Committee is established for Polish Liberation |
| 1944 | Independence | |
| Moscow The Lublin Committee is established for Polish Liberation |
